Subclavian arteries

Looks like

A thick artery arching under the collarbone on each side, sending a branch up the neck to the brain.

What it does

Supplies the arm, the neck and the back of the brain.

Keeping it well

Blood pressure and no smoking; a cold, pale, painful arm with no pulse is an emergency.

Its parts

• Right subclavian artery
• Left subclavian artery
• Anterior spinal artery

Related conditions

• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Takayasu arteritis
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)